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No. 367,810. Patented Aug. 9, 1887,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN B. HIGGINS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,810, dated August9, 1887.

Application filed October 18, 1886. Serial No. 216,516. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN B. HIGGINS, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Terrets andOheekrein-Holders, of which the following, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a specification. a v

This invention relates to improvements in terrets and cheekrein-holders,and it is carried out as follows, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 represents a front elevation ofmy invention, and Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of it. Fig. 3represents a vertical section on the line A B, (shown in Fig. 2;) andFig. 4 represents a vertical section on the line C D, (shown in Fig. 1.)

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on thedi'li'erent .parts of the drawings. v

a is a ring, madeof wood, bone, metal, or other suitable material, suchring having an annular groove on its outer periphery, in which fits thesplit ring b, the latter having in its lower portion asplitscrew-threaded shank, b, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. The split screw Z)is screwed into the screw-threaded socket a, made in one piece, with theflange c and lower screw threaded shank, c", which latter is adapted tobe secured to the saddle or pad of the harness. Between the lowerportion of the split ring b and the flange c is located the perforatedbase (1', that surrounds the socketpiece a, and is provided with anupwardlyprojecting rod or post, cl, located back of the ring a andprojecting above the top of the latter, as shown in the drawings, suchrod or post serving to receive the loop of the checkrein after it hasbeen passed through the ring a, and when the loop of the eheckrein hasbeen so secured to the post or red d it is impossible to get detachedfrom it, except at the will of the person in charge of the horse oranimal.

The ring a can belrea'dily turned around its axis within the split ringb, to adjust it therein in case one portion should become worn by thechafing of the rein. This is a great advantage, as the ring a can beeasily turned around when one portion of it is worn more than the other,

audit will thus retain its usefulness much longer than stationary rings.

In using the device as aterret I dispense with the rear projecting rodor post d and ad- \Vhat I wish to secure by Letters Patent and claim isI 1. In a checkrein holder, the ring a, in combination with thesl'ibstantially vertical rodor post cl, arranged on the rear andentirely outside of the said ring a, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a eheekrein-holder, the split ring I), having the splitscrew-threaded shank b, and

the ring a, made adjustable within said split ring, in combination withthe rod or post (1, arranged at the rear of said ring a, as and for thepurpose set forth. 7

3. In a rein-holder, the ring a, and' the split ring D, with its splitscrew-threaded shank 1), arranged as described, in combination with thesocket c, v having flange c and screwthreaded projection c, and the postor rod d, with its perforated base d, substantially as and forthe'purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in.the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 15th day of October,A. D. 1886.

JOHN B. HIGGINS.

Witnesses:

ALBAN ANDREN, HENRY CHAD'BOURN.

